Bethel,

"The Most Beautiful Mountain village in Maine."
In fall.

Please dont dissapoint me

4th Anniversary

Today is Sept 16.
Four years in the Software Industry.
Wow.
What am I today?
Where am I going?

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I am Addicted!

I have heard and felt this feeling where u sit in a theater .. the movie starts and you don't want it to end, you listen to a song and you want it to go on for ever .. you start a book and you fall in love with it and again .. you want it to go on for ever and ever with you enjoying it ...
I have the same kind of feelings for a new thing now ..
Whenver I sit at Rami's and bite into the falafel Sandwich .. I don't want it to end .. I want the taste and the flavor to last for ever ..
We make plans to visit this place in Coolidge Corner, its not in the way, it takes some time to get to by the C Green Line. Doesn't matter. We go there time and again .. and pretty frequently. I think about it during the days in between the visits .. and I know I am not alone .. Priya is hooked too and we are like a couple of Zombies answering the call .. the urge to feed there.
Falafels are chick-pea batter fried dumplings .. have eaten in half a dozen places in Boston and except Steve's in Qunicy Market and Newbury Street (think they make the Falafel from Flava beans as compared to Chic Peas in other places .. just a personal preference), have liked it to different degree's.
Rami's happened when I took Priya to Coolidge Corner in early spring during one of our walking trips of Boston and we waked past Rami's .. came back and went in and thought we would try the Falafels. We asked only for the chunks and the friendly person in there gave it for free and said that if we liked it.. we could come back .. he seemed confident for some reason.. We walked out .. tasted and were promptly back for the entire dinner!
and as they say.. the rest is History
Guys in the counter recognize us and I don't have to tell them extra Hot sauce and the Mango sauce cos they know .. we "Indians like it Hot" ..

Rami's
Take the C Green Line to Coolidge Corner stop. Walk along the Harvard Street NW (same side were u get down from the T going outbound) and Rami's is the small shop opposite the Borders and JP Licks.
Recommends:
Since I am a vegetarian, cant vouch for the chicken dishes .. but this I hear is one of the really few places that sells Glatt Kosher stuff. I have tried the Falafel Sandwich and the Falafel Salad plate .. try with the extra hot sauce and the Mango sauce.

Darn .. you guys carry on while I wipe the drool off my keyboard.

Story of my Life

So Many Trails .. So little time :(

Lonesome Lake

This wknd had grand plans of going to the Acadia NP .. Weather had other plans for us .. Sunday was forecasted to be wet and damp and Monday was not certain .. so we decided to hold the Acadia plans and hurried to find other options for day trips.
Decided on the Lonesome lake hike which we (Nandita, Priya and myself) had earlier attempted and abandoned after wasting half a day on it.
The hike is a moderately difficult one with steep inclines and rocky paths .. the temperatures were cool with a breeze blowing .. that did help.
We were 7 of us and most of us had not met one another .. friends friends etc had come and dont think they had much of an idea what they were getting into .. one girl had the wrong set of footwear but bravely went through the entire hike with little complaint.



The rocky yet green trail


We had fortified ourselves with gatorade some chocolate and Nandita's "home made" mysore-pak :) each of those items proved precious as the hike took the entire day and there was no place we could get any food.
On reaching the summit of the trail, we saw the Lonesome lake and the name was fitting ... how could you expect a lake on top of a summit? It was all alone by itself .. It was a pretty little lake with boardwalks around the lake and we quickly covered that too.



The group sans Nandita(who was taking the pic) at the Lonesome Lake.


After some rest we decided to take a different route back and the Cascade Brook trail sounded very promising .. and we knew that going downhill should be easy.
We made good time but the path was far from simple .. lots of loose rocks and tree roots were a continuous hazard and we had to navigate carefully.
The path looked like a stream bed in itself and we could hear the Pemigawasset river gurgling next to the trail.
After sometime, we decided to be more adventurous and Pri, Nan and myself got on to the river itself and followed it downstream.
The rocky bed with crystal clear water was a beautiful sight and we even filled up the water bottle with clean spring water.
This was one of the closest I have felt to nature .. sitting with my eyes closed on a bolder on the river with the cold water swirling all around ... was perfect!
After some time we got back onto the trail and by then there were some doubts about if we were on the correct trail .. the Map scale stared looking flawed .. we asked a couple of fellow hikers coming the opposite direction and looked like we were on the right path.


On reaching some plaque with the directions near the end we realised that we had trekked in excess of 2.5 miles on the way down .. while I had estimated that the distance should have been more closer to 1.5 miles.



The beautiful Rocky Glen Falls

It was worth it tho .. we saw a lot of cascades along the trail .. it was rugged yet beautiful terrain all around us.
Most of us were bone tired I guess .. and we quickly hopped onto the car and rushed to the nearest exit that could offer some food ..
had piping Hot pizza and some garlic bread to top off a fruitful outing..